FA Cup: Old Trafford trip entices Leeds and Kettering
A Sunday afternoon in December, and while Arsenal v Chelsea, Everton v Liverpool and Barcelona v Real Madrid stole the headlines, the FA Cup had reached the all-important second round stage.ITV showed Leeds United's trip to Rockingham Road to face Kettering Town. Kettering are under threat off the pitch, with the local council blocking the club's attempts to stay in the area as the end of their lease on the ground approaches.To make matters worse, giant-killing expert Mark Cooper left the club to replace Darren Ferguson at Peterborough United and it was left to goalk

TFT World Cup blog
twofootedtackle's World Cup 2010 blog is now live. Kwaitoball should be a lot of fun. You can add it to your RSS reader via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Kwaitoball to keep up with all the World Cup news and views as South Africa 2010 approaches.If you'd like to get involved in some way, scroll down and send me an email and we'll talk.

Prediction League: Week 14 - Predictions
Some big ties in the Premier League this weekend, as we have the Merseyside derby, and a London derby, also I've added in a couple of FA Cup Second Round ties, which should be interesting. Time to get down to business, here are our predictions:Blackburn vs. StokeChris: DrawIan: StokeGary: DrawFulham vs. BoltonChris: FulhamIan: FulhamGary: FulhamMan City vs. Hull CityChris: Man CityIan: Man CityGary: Man City

Top 10: MLS moments of 2009
Major League Soccer's 2009 season is over and, while it was cracking fare on the pitch, 2010 could be a different story. A dispute between MLS and its players regarding January's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) renewal is turning bitter and the "return" of the North American Soccer League raises more questions than answers.But for now, let's take a look back at some special moments from the 2009 season (one or two may be out of sync chronologically, but it's roughly right):Meet the Sounders: it seems less of an achievement in hindsight but expansion

Sheriff Kimbo's Thursday Thoughts #12
As an Aston Villa fan with Tottenham coming to town on Saturday, I am understandably hoping that they have scored all their goals for the week! There has been a lot of talk about Jermaine Defoe since that, and his five-goal performance. It was undoubtedly quality. His ability in the box is great to watch, and he is definitely a danger to the opposition. He should also be on that plane to South Africa. But for me, anyone that thinks Defoe is world class or anything else is lacking something in the brain department. He is a world class finisher, but his overall play will not be good enough when England try to